KDE Plasma
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| Developer(s) | KDE |
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| Latest release version | KDE Plasma 6.2.0 |
KDE Plasma (successor of K Desktop Environment) was first released on 11 January 2008. It is a Qt-based desktop environment created by the KDE community for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems.
Distributions that provide it as default GUI[edit | edit source]
- Kubuntu
- Garuda Linux
- Manjaro
- Red Flag Linux
- Arch Linux GUI
- Feren OS
- openSUSE
- Debian
- Fedora
- ArcoLinux
- Kali Linux
- Q4OS
- Redcore Linux
- Linux Mint (formerly)
- Linuxfx (modified)
- Linspire (modified)
Since 2016, the KDE project also maintains KDE Neon, its own Linux distribution based on the most recent Ubuntu LTS release.
Software[edit | edit source]
Here provides a list of what KDE Plasma installs out of the box.
- Konqueror (Web Browser and File Manager)
- Ark (Archive Manager)
- Baloo (File Indexer)
- Dolphin (File Manager)
- Kate (Text Editor)
- Konsole (Terminal)
- KWin (Window manager and compositor, formerly KWM)
- KDE Connect
- Gwenview (Image Viewer)
- Amarok (Audio Player)
- KFM (File Manager, only present in KDE 1.x)
- Firefox (Web Browser, Kubuntu and KDE neon only)
- rekonq (Web Browser, not installed by default)
- VLC media player (Media Player, Kubuntu and KDE neon only)
- Microsoft Edge (Web Browser, LinuxFX and Linspire only)
Version history[edit | edit source]
- K Desktop Environment 1
- K Desktop Environment 2
- K Desktop Environment 3.x
- KDE Software Compilation 4
- KDE Plasma 4
- KDE Plasma 5
- KDE Plasma 6